Kmart June 1992 (Generic)
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- 1992-06
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- Kmart, cassette, tape, in-store, in store, public address, PA, advertising, vaporwave, Kresge, Muzak, instrumental, 1980's, 1990's, nostalgia, retail, store
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- English
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- 267.4M
This is a digitized version of an in-store cassette tape that was played within a Kmart store. See the title of the file for the month and year. I worked at Kmart between 1989 and 1999 and held onto them with the hopes that they would be of use some day. Enjoy!
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Reviewer:
KnowOneHere
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May 6, 2024
Subject: Pulls my heart strings
Subject: Pulls my heart strings
Awww...thank you for posting this. Takes me back with a smile and a tear.
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evanonline
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April 3, 2023
Subject: the ambiance of retail
Subject: the ambiance of retail
So bizarrely soothing. This tape's just about a year younger than me, made well before I would have been working retail - but nevertheless a familiar vibe
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to anyone who's ever had to sit behind a cash register for 8 hours. Sometimes this stuff was all you had to focus on while whittling the days away. And every time there's a Kmart ad I can just smell the weird, plasticy warehousey smell of the one near my house as a kid, with its oppressive fluorescent lights, so cluttered and yet feeling so vacant. That Kmart somehow kept trucking along until Covid finally did it in back in 2020, insanely enough.
Gotta say I've been doing some work while letting this play and my productivity has been great as a result. Just something about this makes me feel able to put my nose to the grindstone. I guess that's really why they curate their playlists the way they do, huh? I've definitely heard some of these songs before as retail background music in other places, but I've never really "paid attention" to them until now - I feel like I can actually appreciate a lot of this stuff musically for the first time.
This is all to say, thanks for uploading this stuff - as strange as it is, I deeply and sincerely think this Kmart collection is worth preserving.
Gotta say I've been doing some work while letting this play and my productivity has been great as a result. Just something about this makes me feel able to put my nose to the grindstone. I guess that's really why they curate their playlists the way they do, huh? I've definitely heard some of these songs before as retail background music in other places, but I've never really "paid attention" to them until now - I feel like I can actually appreciate a lot of this stuff musically for the first time.
This is all to say, thanks for uploading this stuff - as strange as it is, I deeply and sincerely think this Kmart collection is worth preserving.
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March 15, 2019 (edited)
Subject: Track Listing
Subject: Track Listing
As with the others, makes me remember working at The Saving Place. Thanks!
... />00:03 - Kmart - "Kmart Radio Promo (KMRT)"
00:14 - Wilson Phillips - "Daniel"
04:12 - Waterfront - "Cry"
07:56 - Kmart - "Ladies and Girls Departments"
08:52 - Kmart - "No Smoking"
09:10 - Deon Estus - "Heaven Help Me"
13:47 - Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra - "The Way We Were"
16:16 - Jody Watley - "Affairs of the Heart"
21:33 - Vince Gill - "Oh Girl (You Know Where to Find Me)"
25:02 - Kmart - "Layaway"
25:21 - Kmart - "Sporting Goods"
25:59 - Donny Osmond - "Soldier of Love"
29:47 - Carly Simon - "Let the River Run"
33:31 - Tiffany - "All This Time"
37:45 - Kmart - "Shoe Department"
38:22 - Kmart - "Our Associates"
38:39 - Alan Parsons Project - "Eye in the Sky"
42:58 - Kmart - "Gift Certificates"
43:30 - Kenny G - "Champagne"
46:20 - Kmart - "Kmart Radio Promo (KMRT)"
46:31 - Level 42 - "Guaranteed"
50:37 - Tears for Fears - "Advice for the Young at Heart"
55:18 - Kmart - "Ladies and Girls Departments"
56:14 - Kmart - "No Smoking"
56:32 - Muzak - Unidentified
59:46 - Commodores - "Easy"
1:03:51 - Kmart - "Layaway"
1:04:10 - Kmart - "Sporting Goods"
1:04:49 - Animal Logic - "Another Place"
1:09:03 - Van Morrison - "Moondance"
1:13:05 - Kmart - "Shoe Department"
1:13:42 - Kmart - "Our Associates"
1:13:58 - Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
1:18:03 - Bellamy Brothers - "Let Your Love Flow"
1:21:13 - Kmart - "Gift Certificates"
1:21:44 - Paula Abdul - "Forever Your Girl"
1:26:38 - Vanessa Williams - "Darlin' I"
... />00:03 - Kmart - "Kmart Radio Promo (KMRT)"
00:14 - Wilson Phillips - "Daniel"
04:12 - Waterfront - "Cry"
07:56 - Kmart - "Ladies and Girls Departments"
08:52 - Kmart - "No Smoking"
09:10 - Deon Estus - "Heaven Help Me"
13:47 - Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra - "The Way We Were"
16:16 - Jody Watley - "Affairs of the Heart"
21:33 - Vince Gill - "Oh Girl (You Know Where to Find Me)"
25:02 - Kmart - "Layaway"
25:21 - Kmart - "Sporting Goods"
25:59 - Donny Osmond - "Soldier of Love"
29:47 - Carly Simon - "Let the River Run"
33:31 - Tiffany - "All This Time"
37:45 - Kmart - "Shoe Department"
38:22 - Kmart - "Our Associates"
38:39 - Alan Parsons Project - "Eye in the Sky"
42:58 - Kmart - "Gift Certificates"
43:30 - Kenny G - "Champagne"
46:20 - Kmart - "Kmart Radio Promo (KMRT)"
46:31 - Level 42 - "Guaranteed"
50:37 - Tears for Fears - "Advice for the Young at Heart"
55:18 - Kmart - "Ladies and Girls Departments"
56:14 - Kmart - "No Smoking"
56:32 - Muzak - Unidentified
59:46 - Commodores - "Easy"
1:03:51 - Kmart - "Layaway"
1:04:10 - Kmart - "Sporting Goods"
1:04:49 - Animal Logic - "Another Place"
1:09:03 - Van Morrison - "Moondance"
1:13:05 - Kmart - "Shoe Department"
1:13:42 - Kmart - "Our Associates"
1:13:58 - Bryan Adams - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
1:18:03 - Bellamy Brothers - "Let Your Love Flow"
1:21:13 - Kmart - "Gift Certificates"
1:21:44 - Paula Abdul - "Forever Your Girl"
1:26:38 - Vanessa Williams - "Darlin' I"
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